Features
Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, MAY 7
CHILDREN
We Love Our Mamas with Audrey Penn at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-3635.
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Transformation” works by Lanny Weingrod, Mayumi Hamanaka and Taro Hattori. Reception from 6 to 9 p.m. at Nexus Gallery, 2701 8th St. Exhibit runs to May 9.
Richmond Art Center, reception for artists, with music by Faun Fables, from 6 to 8 p.m., at 2540 Barrett Ave. 620-6772. www.therichmondartcenter.org
“Animal Art” by Kay Bradner, Ketzia Schoneberg, Jathy Sheehan, Rita Sklar and Heidi Wyckoff. Reception 6 to 8 p.m. Exhibition runs to May 27, at the Women’s Cancer Resource Center, 5741 Telegraph Ave. 601-4040, ext. 111. www.wcrc.org
FILM
A Mother Should be Loved: “Woman of Tokyo” at 7:30 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
THEATER
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley “The Sisters Rosensweig,” a comedy by Wendy Wasserstein, at 8 p.m. at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck at Berryman, and continues on Fri. and Sat. through May 15. Tickets are $12. 649-5999. www.aeofberkeley.org
Aurora Theatre Company “Antigone Falun Gong” at 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat., Sun. at 2 and 7 p.m. at 2081 Addison St. through May 16. Tickets are $28-$40 available from 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org
Berkeley High School “Man in the Musical” premiere of an original musical theater piece by Phil Gorman and Lila Tschappat at 8 p.m. at the Florence Schwimley Little Theater, Allston and MLK Jr Way. Also May 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5-$10. 332-1931.
Berkeley Rep “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” Charles Ludlam’s theatrical cult classic, at Berkeley Rep’s Thrust Stage at 8 p.m. and continues through May 23. Tickets are $39-$55. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
Impact Theatre “Money and Run” an action serial adventure with different episodes on Thurs., Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. Runs through June 5 at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid. For tickets and information call 464-4468. www.impacttheatre.com
READINGS AND LECTURES
Lolly Winston looks at loss in “Good Grief” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.
Ellen Oppenheimer, quilt artist, talks about the work she created as artist in residence at 7 p.m. at the Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak Sts. 238-2200. www.museumca.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
Maxine Alexandra Bernstein, sporano and Sergei Podobedov, piano at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Reception follows. Benefits the restoration of the Julia Morgan landmark. Tickets are $35. Reservations required. 883-9710.
UC Men’s and Women’s Chorales Spring Show at 7:30 p.m., Room 20 Cesar Chavez Center. Cost is $5-$8. 643-2662.
Ricardo Lemovo and Makina Loca, Afro-Cuban music at 8 p.m., Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$42. Tickets for the previously scheduled Cubanismo will be honored at the door.. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
(R)evolutionary (Id)entity presents “Any King, Any Path,” ambient poetry and accoustic rock at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Susan Getz, jazz vocalist, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Suggested donation $10. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Djialy Kunda Kouyate plays music from Sengal at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Austin Lounge Lizards at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Baby Jaymes, Dynamic at 9:30 at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Pacific Sound Collective at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
The Skin Divers at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
Jackie Ryan at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Triple Play, jazz trio, at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Dr. Masseuse at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. 548-1159. www.shattuckdownlow.com
René Marie Fri. and Sat. at 8 and 10 p.m., Sun. at 7 and 9 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $16. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
Drunken Cat Paws at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Plot to Blow up the Eiffel Tower, The Raking Bombs, Brilliant Red Lights at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
SATURDAY, MAY 8
CHILDREN
Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Colibri and music from Latin America at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $3-$4. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
“Wild About Books” storytime at 10:30 a.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6223.
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Home is Where the Art is” Opening reception from noon to 5 p.m. at the Art of Living Center, 2905 Shattuck Ave. 848-3736.
FILM
Jacques Tati: “Playtime” at 6:30 and 9 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Karen Joy Fowler introduces the comedy set in the Central Valley in “The Jane Austen Book Club” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.
Olive Gallagher introduces “A Simple Path to the Good Life” at 2 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-3635.
Poetry Concert with Jami Sieber, electric cello and vocals, Kim Rosen, poetry, Michelle Goerlitz, percussion, at 8 p.m. at Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1606 Bonita Ave. Tickets are $18-$20 available at Changemakers, 6536 Telegraph.
MUSIC AND DANCE
The Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra performs Verdi’s “Requiem” at 4 p.m at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St., at 8 p.m. and Sun at 4 p.m. Free, donations welcome. 964-0665. www.bcco.org
Showtime at the Apollo presents the Bay Area finalists at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $20-$42 available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Berkeley Opera “Acis and Galatea” under the musical direction of George Thomson at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $15-$40. 925-798-1300. www.berkeleyopera.org
American Bach Soloists Choir and Orchestra with soprano Marguerite Krull and tenor Gerald Thomas Gray at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. 621-7900. www.americanbach.org
Baroque Etcetera “A Telemann Celebration” at 8 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 5201 Park Blvd., Oakland. Donation $10. 540-8222. www.baroquetc.org
Oakland Day of Percussion with world-class drummers and persussionists from 1 to 7 p.m. at the Alice Arts Center, 1428 Alice St. Oakland. Cost is $7-$10. 415-296-0454. www.pas.org/
chapters/california/oak.html
“Off Our Rockers” Lu Mitchell in concert at 7 p.m. in the Redwood Gardens Community Room, 2951 Derby St. Donation $5-$15, no one turned away. 848-6397.
West Coast Live with Austin Lounge Lizards, the Cowlicks and others at 10 a.m. at the Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.
Maria Marquez at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Cal Jazz Choir Spring Show at 8 pm in the Choral Rehearsal Hall in the basement of Cesar Chavez Center, UC Campus. Tickets are $5-$8.
Youth Movement Records Artists at 8 p.m. at Youth Radio Cafe, 1801 University Ave. Cost is $3. 435-5112.
YWCA Dance Performance at 7 p.m. at 2600 Bancroft at Bowditch. Free. 848-6370.
Connecticut at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
David Siegel, Machingura & Folk This! at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. All ages welcome. Donation $7-$10. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Lithium House at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
House Jacks, a cappella quintet, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50. 548-1761.
www.freightandsalvage.org
Andre Thierry performs Cajun/Zydeco at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz, with a dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $10-$12. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Jackeline Rago and the Venezuelan Music Project at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12-$14. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Apocalipstick, Castles in Spain at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Shanna Carlson, jazz vocalist, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Tickets are $15-$20. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Fred Frith, Toychestra at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Scott Amendola Trio at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
The Phenomenauts, Jason Webley, Harold Ray, The Mothballs at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
SUNDAY, MAY 9
CHILDREN
Mary Miché on Mother’s Day with music for children and the whole family from 3 to 4 p.m. at Tilden Nature Center, Tilden Park. 525-2233.
Kathy Kallick Band in a Mother’s Day Family Show at 1 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $6.50-$8.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Cycles of Gentrification” reception 3 to 9 p.m. at the Longhaul Infoshop, 3124 Shattuck Ave.
THEATER
Acme Players Ensemble “Martha Stewart in Hell” at 7 p.m. at APE Space, 2525 8th St. at Dwight. Free but donations welcome.
“INsight” a Destiny Arts Youth performance of spoken word, theater, hip hop, modern and aerial dance by youth age 13-18 at 3 p.m. at McClymond’s High School Auditorium, 2607 Myrtle St. Tickets are $6-$12. 597-1619.
FILM
A Mother Should Be Loved: “The Only Son” at 5:30 p.m. and “A Hen in the Wind” at 7:20 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry Flash with D.A. Powell and Mark Bibbins at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
“Mothers Remembered,” a reading of poetry and prose at 2 p.m. at Change Makers Bookstore, 6536 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. 655-2405.
“Eccentrics and Court Painters in Eighteenth-Century China” a Gallery Talk with Lee Patterson, at 3 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Youth Orchestra with 13-year-old Jasiu Purat, winner of the Concerto Competition, at 4 p.m. at the Laney College Theater, 900 Fallon St. Oakland. Tickets are $5 at the door. 663-3296. wwwbyoweb.org
California Revels Mother’s Day Showcase at 2 p.m. at Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $5-$10 available from 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Cornelius Cardew Choir Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. Admission is $8-$10. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Organ Concert with Jonathan Dimmock performing the music of Copland, Reger, Vierene and Bach, at 6 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Bancroft and Ellis.
Americana Unplugged: The Squirrelly String Band at 5 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience in a benefit for Albany’s Public School Music Program, at 7 p.m. in the Albany High School Gym, 603 Key Route Ave. Tickets are $10-$35. 527-7320. www.albanymusic.org
Art Lande Quartet at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazz-
school.com
Jazz Party Project at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
MONDAY, MAY 10
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Al Honig “Constructions: Robots and Beyond” opens at Oakland Museum of California, Sculpture Court, 111 Broadway. 283-6836.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Paul and Anne Erlich discuss their lastest collaborative work, “One With Ninevah: Politics, Consumption and the Human Future” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Ilana de Bare discusses “Where Girls Come From: The Rise, Fall, and Surprising Revival of Girls’ Schools in America” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Paul Krassner writes on “Magic Mushrooms and Other Highs” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Poetry Express, featuring Christina Hutchins from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Paul Krassner, investigative satirist, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $16.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Faye Carol at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$15. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
TUESDAY, MAY 11
READINGS AND LECTURES
Douglas Unger reads from his new collection of short stories “Looking for War” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Michael Eric Dyson introduces “Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Oliver Chin, author and artist of graphic novel, “A Window to the World,” a story of a diverse group of Bay Area teenagers struggling with the aftershocks of 9/11, at 7 p.m. at El Cerrito Library, 6510 Stockton Ave. 526-7512.
James Lilley introduces “China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage and Diplomacy” at 1:30 p.m. at the Women’s Faculty Club, UC Campus. Part of the New Perspectives on Asia Series from the Institute of East Asian Studies. 549-2668. http://ieas.berkeley.edu
Ursula Schultz and Cathy Goldberg of Berkeley’s Cheese Board Collective take us on “A Tour of Old and New World Cheeses” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. 843-3533.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Dayna Stephens House Jam at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744.
www.thejazzhouse.com
Sauce Piquante at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz, with a Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Mingus Amungus, 10 year anniversary party at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
Jazzschool Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Con le Nostre Mani” photographs of Italian Americans at work in the East Bay opens at Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6233.
Rogen Ballen “Photographs” opens at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant. 642-1295. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Carl Pope on “Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Bill Caldwell discusses “Oakland: A Photographic Journey” at 7 p.m. at L’Amyx Tea Bar/Spectator Bookstore, 4179 Piedmont Ave. 653-7300.
Berkeley Poetry Slam with Charles Ellik at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5-$7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Café Poetry hosted by Kira Allen at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Donation $2. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Opera “Acis and Galatea” under the direction of George Thomson at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $15-$40. 925-798-1300. www.berkeleyopera.org
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba virtuoso, at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
West Coast Swing Dancing with the NC Blues Connection at 9 p.m. with a swing dance lesson at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Hawaiian Music’s Next Generation with Keoki Kahumoku, David Kamakahi, Herb Ohta, Jr., and Patrick Landeza at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $16.50 in advance, $17.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Brasil Brazil at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $20 in advance, $22 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Ducksan Distones explore the creative concept of dissonance in music at 8 and 10 p.m. at The Jazz House. $5 donation. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Roy Hargrove Quintet at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
The Drouges, The Slandt, Cargo at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Jules Broussard at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Phil Thompson Group at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.V